The figures also show that in state schools across England, 87% of children have gone up at least two levels in maths, 89% two levels in English - and that 38% have achieved the higher level five or above in English and 39% in maths.

National curriculum tests, or 'Sats' as they are otherwise known, are taken by primary to secondary school students. They are split into different stages: Key Stage 1 (ages 7 to 8), 2 (ages 10-11) and 3 (13-14). This May, 543,365 11-year-olds took the exams(excluding special schools), which - alongside teacher assessments of the year's performance - aim to assess 'the three Rs': reading, writing and mathematics.

And the new rules are tough. Now, schools where fewer than 60% of pupils achieve at least the expected level (Level 4) in English and maths combined, and are down on progress measures for English and maths, are deemed to be below the floor. In 2011, 1,310 primary schools were below the floor, this year 476 schools are below the floor. Another 45 were also below the floor but have since closed, 37 of them to become Academies.

Portsmouth and Nottingham have the highest percentage of schools below the floor - 16%.

Primary school league tables 2012 interactive map. Click image to explore it guardian.co.uk

So, how do schools compare? The data below excludes special schools. It shows the best performing local authorities are the tiny City of London and Isles of Scilly. After them come Richmond in London with 90% of children achieving level 4 or above in both English and maths, followed by Greenwich, Kensington & Chelsea, Wandsworth, Trafford, Sutton and St Helens each getting 86%. At the bottom is Medway in Kent with 72%, followed by Hull with 73%.

Types of school

The small number of original academies are easily doing the best - 86.13% of children have got to level 4 in English and maths, compared to 79.26% of students at community schools and 70.26% in sponsored academies. Both voluntary-aided and voluntary-controlled schools (which tend to be religious) also do pretty well - 83.89% and 82.51% respectively.

The biggest improvements have happened with the small number of sponsored academies - an average of +8.87%-points leap in students getting to level 4 in English and maths. By comparison, Community schools (of which there are many times more) are at 5.64, and VA and VC at 4.47 and 4.97 percentage points each.

The Voluntary-aided schools (the most independent ones) have the highest figure for hte percentage of pupils making two levels of progress in English with 92.15%, followed by the original unsponsored academies with 92.1%, Community schools at 89.84%.

On the same figure for progress in maths, it goes: original academies 90.78%, Community 87.77%, VA 89.62.

Of the highest-performing children (% of those getting level 5), it looks like this:

If you look at how well disadvantaged kids do there is a difference too. For those on free school meals and parents on benefits achieving level four in maths and English, it looks like vulnerable children tend to do better at unsponsored academies (75.76%) and voluntary aided schools (70.98%). Community schools come next (67.76%) with the lowest being sponsored academies (10.78%).

Different children go to these schools too. Sponsored academies had the highest proportion of pupils sitting SATS with special educational need statements (SENs) - 2.81%, compared to community schools with 2.44% and voluntary-aided and original academies at the bottom (1.96% and 1.91% respectively). The same goes for students with English as an additional language - 16% of children at sponsored academies fit that category, compared to just 3.25% at the small sample of 44 free schools and 5% at voluntary controlled schools.

Religion

There were differences in attainment between religious and non-religious schools too.

England's 1,615 Roman Catholic primary schools had the highest percentage of children reaching level four in maths and English - 84.42%, followed by 3,989 Church of England schools with 83%.

Non-religious state schools, of which there are 8,736, had an attainment rate of 79.29%. Of the smaller religions, which have less schools (making them harder to compare), the four Sikh schools had a rate of 93%, followed by Jewish schools with 89.57% and Methodist schools with 84.5%. England's seven Muslim state primary schools had a rate of 77.57%.

The pupils types are different too. Non-religious schools had the highest proportion of pupils sitting SATS with special educational need statements (SENs) - 2.44%, compared to CofE with 2.05% and Roman Catholic at 1.67%. For students with English as an additional language - 15.19% of children at Roman Catholic schools fit that category, compared to 15% of non-religious and 14.4% at CofE.

In terms of how well disadvantaged kids do. For those on free school meals and parents on benefits achieving level four in maths and English, it looks like vulnerable children tend to do better at Roman Catholic schools (73.92%). Non-religious come next (67.71%) followed by CofE (66%).